"How could I come back by myself? Fang Siwen asked a classmate who was going to school here to send me back. The classmate got off at Chunsheng, and I came here by myself." Shen Lingling said.
"Then what are you going to do with your child? You can give birth here when the time comes." Tian Yun asked, looking at Shen Lingling's belly which was already a little bit obvious.
She looked at the belly with some surprise. It's not like she hasn't seen pregnant women before. Tian Yun was already old enough to remember when her mother gave birth to her brother. But this was the first time she had seen a pregnant woman of the same age, especially since Shen Lingling was relatively familiar to her.
"I'll give birth here so my mother can come and take care of me during the confinement period. And I calculated the time. Fang Siwen will be on vacation by then, so he can come back too." Shen Lingling said.
Her baby is due in August, and Fang Siwen will be on summer vacation by then.
Fang Siwen was able to rush back when the baby was born, which meant that it was a little troublesome for Fang Siwen. But after all, it was Fang Siwen's child that he was pregnant with, so if he, as the father, didn't cause trouble, who would?
"I just don't feel comfortable living in the city. You say I live in our brigade, although the life is not as good as in the city, but I have food to eat when I work. My brother doesn't have food in the city. What he eats is all saved from other people's mouths. It is said that food, clothing and housing are the most important things in a person's life. But look at me in the city, I eat other people's food, wear other people's clothes and live in other people's house. It feels very awkward." Shen Lingling said.
Anyway, if she didn't plan to live in the city, she had thought it through during her time in the city. Even if Fang Siwen and she moved out, except that she would not live with Fang Siwen's parents, the rest would be almost the same. She would not have her own income, and the food she ate every day was all saved by Fang Siwen. She might as well stay at home.
"After all, this is your life. Live it the way you feel comfortable and don't worry about what others think of you. But it will definitely be a little hard for you to raise a child alone." Tian Tian sighed after hearing what Shen Lingling said.
In fact, Tian Tian feels a little sorry for Shen Lingling now. Old Lady Shen doesn't treat Shen Lingling the same way as Old Lady Tian treats her, and Li Dahua treats Tian Yun with love. But Shen Lingling's mother still loves her only daughter very much, and tries her best not to let Shen Lingling go to the fields to work. Compared with other girls, Shen Lingling can really be said to have never suffered.
As a result, after Shen Lingling got married, her life was not as good as before.
She has to do the work in the fields, do the housework at home, and take care of the vegetable garden at home.
Even after getting married, she still felt insecure. Her husband was not around, and she had to stay at home with a big belly. Tian Tian now truly realized that sometimes it is better to be alone than to get married.
Now Fang Siwen has gone to college, so isn’t Shen Lingling’s marriage a very typical widowhood one?
If they hadn't gotten married, even if Shen Lingling was alone, she wouldn't have to take care of the child!
"It's okay to be a little hard! I went home today, and my mom said that if she's free, she'll come and help me look after the kids. And my mom also said that during the less busy period before the spring planting, she'll stay at my house and cook for me." Shen Lingling was not unhappy at all. Life at home was a little hard, but Shen Lingling felt at ease being with her biological mother.
"You live at your mother's house now, right?" Tian Yun asked.
Shen Lingling nodded. "No one has lived in my house for more than two months. Now it's like an ice cellar. It's definitely uninhabitable. Let's burn the house for two days and wait until it's warm. Then I'll go back."
Seeing that it was getting late outside, Shen Lingling pulled Tian Tian and Tian Yun aside and told them a lot of things.
Although Shen Lingling has never been to college, she has been to Beijing twice in recent years and has seen much more than Tian Tian and Tian Yun. She has also encountered many things while taking the train. She told Tian Tian and Tian Yun everything she knew.
The farthest place Tian Tian had been to since she came to this world was the city where she went when she took the college entrance examination. She had never taken a train before, so she listened very carefully to what Shen Lingling said to her.
Shen Lingling felt that she had told Tian Tian and Tian Yun everything she could say. Plus, it was getting late outside, and she couldn't hold on any longer. She wanted to go to sleep, so she said goodbye to Tian Tian and Tian Yun and planned to go home.
Tian Tian didn't dare let Shen Lingling, a pregnant woman, go home in the dark, so she accompanied Shen Lingling home, and then returned to her own home.
The things in the house were only half packed. She had to leave early the next morning, so there was no time to pack more. In addition, she was about to leave home, so Tian Tian was very excited and couldn't sleep. She simply packed all the things and then went to the kang, closed her eyes and fell asleep for a while.
It didn't feel like I had slept for long before Tian Tian got up. Smoke was coming out of the chimney at home. Old Mrs. Tian had gotten up early to prepare dinner.
"Grandma! When did you get up?" Tian Tian took a look and asked in the still dark sky.
It's not even dawn yet, but Grandma Tian has already gotten up to cook. The pot is filled with stewed sauerkraut, pork and vermicelli. These are not things that can be made in a short time. They need to be stewed for a long time to bring out the aroma of the meat and sauerkraut. If the stewing time is too short, the dish will not taste delicious at all.
But looking at the pig-killing dish in the pot, the fat in it has been stewed melted, and the sauerkraut has been soaked in oil and is very meaty. It is obvious that it has been stewed for a long time.
When she got up just now, Tian Tian glanced at the time. It was just past four o'clock. She didn't know what time Grandma Tian got up to cook.
"I couldn't sleep at night, so I just got up and cooked," said Mrs. Tian.
Tian Tian is leaving today, and Old Mrs. Tian is in a bad mood. Before, Tian Tian went to school in the county town, and Old Mrs. Tian could support her. Now that Tian Tian is going far away, Old Mrs. Tian is worried. She is afraid that something will happen to Tian Tian outside, and she can't help.
Although there are four children in the family, what Mrs. Tian is most worried about is Tian Tian. She is always worried that she, a girl, will suffer losses outside.
"Why did you get up so early today? You were going on a long journey today, so why didn't you sleep a little longer?" asked Old Mrs. Tian.
"I couldn't sleep either, so I just got up." Tian Tian said, "Isn't this just the right time to help you with the work?"
"There is no work to do. I have prepared the food. I will make some pancakes for you and your brother to eat on the way." said Old Mrs. Tian.
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